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Krugman is a political hack first and somewhat less an economist. His prognostications down through the years don’t have a great track record. Might as well

Krugman is a political hack first and somewhat less an economist. His prognostications down through the years don’t have a great track record. Might as well be a Jeane Dixon.

BMc2020 4y ago
1991, American Economic Association, John Bates Clark Medal. Since it was awarded to only one person, once every two years (prior to 2009), The Economist has described the Clark Medal as 'slightly harder to get than a Nobel prize'. 1992, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). 1995, Adam Smith Award of the National Association for Business Economics 1998, Doctor honoris causa in Economics awarded by Free University of Berlin Freie Universität Berlin in Germany 2000, H.C. Recktenwald Prize in Economics, awarded by University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. 2002, Editor and Publisher, Columnist of the Year. 2004, Fundación Príncipe de Asturias (Spain), Prince of Asturias Awards in Social Sciences. 2004, Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa, Haverford College 2008, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for Krugman's contributions to New Trade Theory. He became the twelfth John Bates Clark Medal winner to be awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize. 2010, Howland Memorial Prize, awarded by Yale University 2011, EPI Distinguished Economist Award. 2011 Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary 2012, Doctor honoris causa from the Universidade de Lisboa, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa and Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2013, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa conferred by the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 2014, recipient of the Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)'s James Joyce Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the economic sciences. 2014, recipient of the Green Templeton College, Oxford's Sanjaya Lall Visiting Professorship of Business and Development, Trinity Term 2014, in recognition of his outstanding international reputation in scholarship and research in the field of Development Economics and Business. 2016, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa conferred by the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Krugman is a political hack first and somewhat less an economist. His prognostications down through the years don’t have a great track record. Might as well be a Jeane Dixon.

BMc2020 4y ago

1991, American Economic Association, John Bates Clark Medal. Since it was awarded to only one person, once every two years (prior to 2009), The Economist has described the Clark Medal as 'slightly harder to get than a Nobel prize'. 1992, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). 1995, Adam Smith Award of the National Association for Business Economics 1998, Doctor honoris causa in Economics awarded by Free University of Berlin Freie Universität Berlin in Germany 2000, H.C. Recktenwald Prize in Economics, awarded by University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. 2002, Editor and Publisher, Columnist of the Year. 2004, Fundación Príncipe de Asturias (Spain), Prince of Asturias Awards in Social Sciences. 2004, Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa, Haverford College 2008, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for Krugman's contributions to New Trade Theory. He became the twelfth John Bates Clark Medal winner to be awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize. 2010, Howland Memorial Prize, awarded by Yale University 2011, EPI Distinguished Economist Award. 2011 Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary 2012, Doctor honoris causa from the Universidade de Lisboa, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa and Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2013, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa conferred by the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 2014, recipient of the Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)'s James Joyce Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the economic sciences. 2014, recipient of the Green Templeton College, Oxford's Sanjaya Lall Visiting Professorship of Business and Development, Trinity Term 2014, in recognition of his outstanding international reputation in scholarship and research in the field of Development Economics and Business. 2016, Doctor of Letters, honoris causa conferred by the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK